1993 BUICK CENTURY Owners Manual

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3. Lift off the jack and remove the spare tire.
4. Remove the wheel wrench from the bag.
Century Wagon
The equipment you’ll need is stored in the rear of your
vehicle, behind the spare
tire cover.
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To remove the spare tire cover:
1. Fold down the third seat, if so equipped. Then release
the housing that covers the spare tire by carefully
pushing in on the top edge
of the cover.
2. Slide the spare tire cover back while lifting it up and
out
of the lower track.
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To remove the tire-changing equipment:
1. Remove the wing nut from the center of the spare tire
2. Remove the spare tire.
and remove the adapter.
3. Turn the two wing nuts counterclockwise and remove
the jack retainer plate. Then pull out the jack and
wheel wrench.
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Standard Wheel Cover Wire Wheel Cover
You will be using
the flat end of the wheel wrench to
remove the wheel cover. Pry along the edge of the wheel
cover until it comes off.
4 Removing the wire wheel
cover requires
this wire
wheel key wrench.
Put the flat end into the
notch and carefully pry the small center cover
off.
Take off the special anti-
theft wheel nut. Put the wrench over it like
this.
Lift the wheel cover off.
You may have to pry
carefully at the edge of the wheel cover to get it off.
If
it doesn’t come off with the
minimum effort, it may be
that the anti-theft wheel nut is not completely
off.
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All Vehicles
1. Using the wheel wrench, loosen all the wheel nuts.
Don’t remove them yet.
2. Position the jack under
the vehicle nearest the
tire to be changed. The
jack location should be approximately five
inches
(12.7 cm) from the
wheel well.
A CAUTION:
Getting under a vehlcle when It Is jacked up fs
dangerous. If the vehicle sllps off the jack, you
.could be badly injured or killed. Never get
under a vehicle when it Is supported only by a
rack.
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3. Raise the vehicle by rotating the wheel wrench
clockwise. Raise the
vehicle far enough off the ground so there is
enough
room for the spare tire to fit.
4. Remove all the wheel nuts and take off the flat tire.
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I A CAUTION:
Rust or dirt on the wheel, or on the parts to
which
it is fastened, can make the wheel nuts
become loose after a time. The wheel could
come
off and cause an accident. When you
change a wheel, remove any rust or
dirt from
the places where the wheel attaches to the
vehicle. In an emergency, you can use
a cloth
or a paper towel to do this; but be sure
to use
a scraper or wire brush later, if you need to, to
get all the rust or
dirt off. ’. : .a.
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5. Remove any rust or dirt from the wheel bolts,
mounting surfaces
or spare wheel.
6. Place the spare on the
wheel mounting surface.
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I A CAUTION:
Never use oil or grease on studs or nuts. If you
do, the nuts might come loose. Your wheel
could fall
off, causing a serious accident.
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7. Replace the wheel nuts
with
the rounded end of
the nuts toward the
wheel. Tighten each nut
by hand until the wheel
is held against the hub.
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8. Lower the vehicle by rotating the wheel wrench
counterclockwise. Lower the jack completely.
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